WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s silver tea set is going to a family with a five-year-old daughter who once went as Ginsburg for Halloween. A medal Ginsburg was awarded when inducted into the National Women’s Hall … » Read

Molly Carr is to succeed the late Roger Tapping as the violist of the Juilliard String Quartet, now in its 75 th -anniversary season. Carr, a much-acclaimed free-lancer who performs and records regularly with Anna Petrova as the Carr-Petrova Duo, … » Read

Does the Metropolitan Opera’s decision to fire Anna Netrebko violate New York State law? Noted attorney Alan Dershowitz seems to think it does. “The law of New York and many other jurisdictions prohibits employment discrimination … » Read

Plato Karayanis, whose 23 years as general director of the Dallas Opera proved transformative, died on April 29 at his Santa Fe home. He was 93. Born in Pittsburgh to Greek immigrants, Karayanis studied voice at Carnegie Mellon University and … » Read

Susan Jaffe, for 22 years a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theater, has been named to succeed Kevin McKenzie as the company’s artistic director. Jaffe, most recently in the same post with the Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, starts at … » Read

Jeremy Frank is to be the next chorus director of the LA Opera Chorus, stepping into the role long held by Grant Gershon, who announced last fall that he would be making his exit at the end of the season. The transition should be painless, since … » Read

Yu-an Chang , a former assistant conductor of the Boston Symphony, is the new principal conductor of the Taipei Chinese Orchestra (TCO) with immediate effect. He succeeds Qu Chun Quan, who left at the end of last season after eight years in the … » Read

Jonathan Bailey Holland, recent chair of composition, contemporary music and core studies at Boston Conservatory at Berklee, has been appointed as head of the Carnegie Mellon University School of Music, as of August 1. He succeeds Denis Colwell, … » Read

Pianist Orli Shaham has joined Colbert Artists for representation as a soloist and chamber musician. Shaham is on the Juilliard college and pre-college piano and chamber-music faculties. She is also co-host of NPR’s From the Top , and is … » Read

Any Russian director or producer who speaks out against their country’s invasion of Ukraine can almost be guaranteed of the cancellation of their upcoming projects. This week alone Moscow’s Bolshoi Theater, without explanation, … » Read